Infections and the development of allergy

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 86, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 205-210

  Holt, Patrick G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allergy; Cytokines; Immunocompetence; Infancy; Infection; T helper cells

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ALPHA INTERFERON; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 12;

ALLERGY; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INFANT; INFECTION; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0030218001     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-4274(96)03692-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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